Merry Christmas 2011

This Christmas was full of surprises and fun. In the weeks leading up to Christmas we went to see neighborhood lights, saw two different Christmas ballets, had an ornament making party, went caroling, and attended a winter chorus concert. Santa dropped off Snowie the kitten a few days early for Brooke and then brought her a brand new big easel with all the trimmings! Carissa got a new tablet, video camera and data on her phone! Our Elf, Chippy watched over us all through the month of December and must have sent good reports back to Santa. Aunt Summer and Bella came for the whole week leading up to Christmas and we had so much fun seeing movies, eating out, and getting our toes done. What more could you ask for from a visit with your aunt :)!

Early visit from Santa

Brooke was so good this year(yeah right)that Santa made a special early stop to drop off her new kitten, Snowie. Snowie was abandoned at the shelter, half starving at 4 weeks of age and Santa decided that 8 weeks old was long enough for him to wait for his forever home and new Mommy. Brooke LOVES this little boy as does his cousin Bella who has enjoyed being pounced on at regular intervals. I have to say he is all boy and likes to get into everything! We will be lucky if we still have a Christmas tree on Christmas Day! :D

Christmas shows!

We always talk about going to see the Nutcracker ever year and never do abut this year we finally made it! Not only did Carissa and I go to see the Nutcracker put on by the World Ballet of Tallahasee, Brooke and I also went to see the 12 days of Christmas put on by Hannah Bergstom school of dance. Both shows were fantastic! Unfortunately I was not able to get a picture of Brooke at her show because she was boycotting pictures that day :(

Dentist

So Brooke had her first visit to the dentist today and just so she wouldn't be afraid I got my teeth cleaned first. I have to say it was the most interesting cleaning I've ever had as my daughter repeatedly fired questions at me and expected me to answer while simultaneously maintaing a wide open mouth. She then decided she needed a closer look so she proceeded to stand directly over me and peered into my mouth while the hygienist worked giving me the pleasure of hearing s play by play of what she was seeing. (Some of which I would have been just as happy not hearing) Then it was Brooke's turn. She climbed up ready to go and took everything in stride. Unfortunately we did not get a clean bill of health and have to go back to have two cavities filled :( I suspect we will have our first experience with nitrous oxide come Thursday.

It's been a while, so I'll keep it short

I have been very slack in posting to my blog for the past year so at the request of my grandfather I am trying to catch up a little. The Nohle's have been very busy the past year. We now have a junior in high school, a new middle schooler and a new kindergartner! Brett is now driving and working (at Subway of course!)and getting ready to start thinking about colleges(wow, I'm old!). Carissa is a baby buck a Deerlake Middle school and is active in chorus and travel volleyball with the Tallahassee Jr's. Brooke is in kindergarten at Maclay and is loving her teacher and being in the lower school. Her favorite parts are seeing her 4th grade buddy on Friday's and recess of course! She's also taking tennis and dance lessons and has also been involved in T-ball and volleyball this past year! I will post more of the past years events soon Grandpa!

Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween. Our house was graced with the presence of cleopatra and an FSU cheerleader who didn't want to carry any pom poms and decided after two streets she'd had enough! No problems here, maybe we'll get a clean bill of health from the dentist! : )

First days of school

Well, it's that time of year again. Brooke had her first day of pre-k at her new school on 8/16. She loves her new teacher and seems to actually love wearing uniforms, go figure! She has made fast friends with a couple of girls in her class already. Carissa started 5th grade today and she and her friends are enjoying their top dog of the school status. Here's to a great year!

Mini horses

The girls got the opportunity to go with Aunt Liz to a miniature horse farm. They had a great time seeing the dog-sized horses and even got to see a few babies. Per Brooke, they were "so cool".